Hello fellow ranters.... Before I start on the topic of great ranters of our time I would like to address a few recent issues that caught my eye. Firstly I would like to congratulate INFO who, while posting a comment, criticised my choice of font colour….. ah yes I see great ranting potential there. Thankyou… as I saw this as the basis of a good rant about style vs. substance. However I do believe you were somewhat restrained. Be loud, be proud I say. Anyway back to style vs. substance. A number of good rants can come from this – quality of customer service for one, Government Awareness campaigns another ( see The Hollowmen Episode 1 series 1)
Reality television, politicians, journalism – or what passes for journalism,( see any episode of Mediawatch) the list goes on and on and on…
Anyway, great ranters of our time. Checkout the rantings of Hunter S Thompson especially his Rolling Stone years. Dennis Miller (prior to 2001, before he turned to the dark side) Jello Biafra (yes of Dead Kennedy fame), Lewis Black and Bill Hicks are worth a look. Much of these ranters can be seen on Youtube. Forgive me for not placing any links but Code of Conduct Alert!!!! Offensive language, sexual references, drug references, anti religious references and probably everything else that offends!!! Be Warned. Any way hyperlinks just cheat you out of that warm fuzzy feeling of discovering something new for yourself. Soooo… off you go…to Youtube……. Youtube - a link
Oh and I nearly forgot, just for you Lawley, here’s an embedded photo from Flickr. For your viewing pleasure and while your waiting, waiting, waiting for Youtube to load....
I’ll leave you with this thought……..
“ If a camel is a horse designed by committee then what’s a giraffe???????”
OMG! I think you just named all my favourite speakers in one paragraph :-) No, wait, you missed Henry Rollins.... Man, I had forgotten Jello's spoken word work; I listen to him with 'Lard' at least once a month but it was nice to recall those old, unconstrained rants. Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteWhat about Dennis Leary and George Carlin? Or if you want less offensive material, Bill Cosby?
ReplyDeleteLeary is my favourite :) Do not under any circumstances, play Leary at work!
Also, I'm being polite and saving my ranting for my own blog:) Ranting can be exhausting :)
Yay rant away I think your colour choice is cool
ReplyDeleteEnjoying the ranting and by the way I love your picture:)
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful hobby you have! Personally a good rant here n there is very cleansing.
ReplyDeleteYour choice of colours are not very appealing to me. For someone who is colour blind, its hard to read let alone distinquish between the colours. Could be worst though black on black or better still white on white. Smile and the whole world smiles with you.
ReplyDeletePeter
should be more of it....Let the ranting begin
ReplyDeleteyes, you can continue to rant, I am here to support you, But are we being heard?
ReplyDeleteLove the giraffe photo.
ReplyDeleteGreat to see a blog dedicated to ranting. Not my forte but a couple ranters of note to add to the list are Lewis Black (a true champion) or for a gentler rant try to catch John Pinette.
ReplyDeleteLove the camel
ReplyDeleteYou left out Marcel Marceau.
ReplyDeleteYou haven't listed any great female ranters.
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